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Alesia Holliday Pseudonym: Alyssa Day. Alesia Holliday graduated from The Ohio State University and then graduated summa cum laude from Capital Law School, in Columbus, Ohio. Alesia spent several years as a trial lawyer in complex class action and mass tort litigation. Now she is a 'recovering' attorney turned best-selling author. Her first book, the critically-acclaimed E-MAIL TO THE FRONT, shared the real story of the lives of military families when one spouse goes to war. Alesia's first novel, AMERICAN IDLE, launched Dorchester Publishing's new trade paperback line, Making It, in August, 2004, and is a double finalist in the prestigious RITA awards for women’s fiction. Publishers Weekly spotlighted AMERICAN IDLE as auspicious first fiction. Alesia now writes funny novels sometimes called chick lit for Berkley Trade; her titles NICE GIRLS FINISH FIRST and THE NAKED TRUTH, an anthology, will be released in 2005. Her next chick lit title, SEVEN WAYS TO LOSE YOUR LOVER, is under consideration at several major motion picture studios. Additionally, Alesia writes young adult novels she calls chick lit for teens, under her pen name, Jax Abbott. Her first , SUPER WHAT?, an August, '04 release from Dorchester Smooch, was named to the Young Adult Librarian Society of American's 2005 List of Recommended Reads for Reluctant Readers. Finally, Alesia is starting a whole new subgenre with her chick lit legal thrillers. Berkley Prime Crime will publish the first in early 2006 – BLONDES HAVE MORE FELONS. Alesia is a co-founder and past Vice President of the online group, Chick Lit Writers of the World, and a charter member of International Thriller Writers (ITW) and a member of The Authors Guild, Novelists Inc., Sisters in Crime, Romance Writers of America, Published Authors Special Interest Chapter, and other writing organizations. She and her family live in Virginia, very near the beach. |
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